“He gets a little bit of a pound of flesh against Subban,” said Milbury on NBC during the game. “It was cagey, and Subban had it coming.”

Swor was insulted, as a Nashville fan and a hockey fan. “I don’t really think it’s great for a commentator to say that a player deserves a head injury,” he said.

So he decided to fight back. Armed with tickets to Game 6 at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday night, he made a large sign that featured Milbury with a clown nose and the words: FIRE MILBURY HE HAS IT COMING.

And it wasn’t just NBC. This Predators fan told us that he attempted to get his sign on NHL Network’s coverage, and was threatened with confiscation of his anti-Milbury sign.

As the Predators skated around during warmups, there were a handful of anti-Mike Milbury signs pressed up against the glass and held in the air. Apparently, Predators fans weren’t into trading their opportunity to hit back at the NBC analyst for a free hat.

Incidentally, what kind of hat was it? A Predators playoff hat?

“No,” said Swor. “An NBC Sports hat.”

Let’s pause for a moment and meditate on this: These Predators fans, who hates what NBC said about their team, is offered an NBC hat to get rid of their anti-NBC commentator sign.

“Yeah, I’m not going to wear an NBC Sports hat in the middle of a Predators game,” said Swor, raising his sign at the glass.